Mary Louise-Parker Returns to the Stage

Mary-Louise Parker is taking a break from her hit Showtime series, Weeds, to return to the Broadway stage in the play, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, after a four year absence.

The busy mom-of-two recently talked with The New York Times about her return.

Her are some highlights from the interview:

On being the target of the tabloid media:
“I understand the fascination, and I understand the curiosity, but at the same time I understand the fascination and curiosity of staring at someone who has fallen off their bicycle and has a bloody nose. Does that mean you should stand there and point and look at them as though they can’t see you? I don’t think so. Does that mean you should take a picture of them? Probably not. Does that mean you should take out your cellphone and film them so you can put it on YouTube?”

On whether she would like her 4-year-old son, William Atticus, or baby daughter, Caroline Aberash to become actors:
“I would hope they would want to do theater. If one of my kids came to me and said, ‘I want to be a movie star,’ I would be, like, ‘Go to your room.’ ”

Source: NY Times